Tag: growing up

Spring has sprung here. There’s no getting around it. It’s very possible that we’ll get a few more snow showers (after all, we live in Montana, where it snows in August and it’s considered perfectly normal), but I think our days of snow coverage are ended. The crocuses are popping… Continue reading »

A few days ago, Munchkin and I cuddled on the couch as I tried to settle him down for a nap. Last week was a three-day fight against a fever and required an extended recuperation. He loves to cuddle, but it is rare that I can enjoy these moments uninterrupted by… Continue reading »

This was really not what I had planned for my 300th post, but I haven’t managed to get it finalized yet, so I bring you Part 1 with two announcements (this post), and Part 2 (up on Monday). First, I’m super excited to announce that I’m up on Mamalode today with No… Continue reading »

I saw him today for the first time in six years. His grey beard is longer, his stomach much, much smaller. The grey sweatpants gave way to red shorts, but the mittens are still there. I didn’t have a chance to see if they were the same blue-grey mittens he used… Continue reading »

I find it difficult to talk about my dreams and what I “do,” because I get “the look.” You know the one… the one that says, “Really? You want to be an artist and make kids’ costumes? That’s not a real job!” I’m never sure how to respond to this type of practical… Continue reading »

I’m about to admit something embarrassing about myself. I’m a stuff hoarder. Not a hoard everything so that it becomes unsafe and unsanitary type of hoarder, but the afraid to let go because what if you can’t ever purchase anything again type of hoarder. I realized this a couple of months… Continue reading »

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